Thursday, August 14, 2014

Delete an IFTTT Account


Step 1> To delete the account, click on the IFTTT icon on the top left of the screen.

Step 2> Click on Set up your profile.
Step 3> Select Settings Tab.
Step 4> Scroll down the page. Here you will see the link I'd like to deactivate my account. Click on it.
Step 5> Give the reason to deactivate the account. Give your password also then click on Deactivate account.

It will deactivate your IFTTT account permanently. 
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Post Blog Automatically on Social Networking Sites



There are so many apps and utilities available online like RSS Graffiti, Networked Blogs, Simple RSS Tab etc. We can easily post blog automatically with the help of one more utility named IFTTT. If This Then That (IFTTT) also allow to post blog onto many social networking sites.

Step 1> Firstly, sign up an account with a username and password on https://ifttt.com/

Step 2> After creating an account, click on Use button of the welcome screen to get started.

Step 3> Click on Create a Recipe to create a connection between channels. Here, we are going to connect Blogger and Facebook page.

Step 4> Click on the linked this text that will allow you to choose source channel.

Step 5> There are many options available to choose source. I have selected Blogger here. You can choose any option from which you want to post.

Step 6> It will ask you to activate this source channel  (Blogger). Click on Activate. Now IFTTT will ask permission to manage your source account  (Blogger). Click on Allow Access. 

Step 7> Blogger is get activated. Click on Done then Continue to the next step.

Step 8> Choose a trigger. It allows how you want to post your blog on Facebook page. In the first type, trigger fires every time when we publish a new post on our Blogger and in the second type, trigger fires every time when we publish a new post on our Blogger with a specific label. Here, I am going to choose Any new post.

Step 9> Click on Create Trigger

Step 10> Click on the linked That text that will allow you to choose destination channel.

Step 11> Select the Social networking site where you want your blog to be published automatically. Here, I am selecting Facebook Pages. 

Step 12> Log-in with your Facebook Page.

Step 13> Click on Activated to activate Facebook Pages Channel. 

Step 14> Click on Okay as IFTTT will ask you to manage your pages. 

Step 15> Now Facebook Page is get activated. Click on Done then Continue to the next step.

Step 16> Choose either Create a status message or Create a link post or Upload a photo from URL. Status message will create a new plain text status message on your Facebook Page and Link post will create a new link post on your Facebook Page wall and third action will upload a new photo from the given URL to a Facebook Page album. I am going to choose Create a link Post here. You can select other option too.

Step 17> You can define the structure of your link post. Here, I am selecting PostTitle and PostUrl in Link URL field. You can choose the options which you want with your Link URL. Then Click on Add Ingredient

Step 18> In the Message Field, I am going to choose PostContent. Then click on Create Action.

Step 19> Click on Create Recipe. The connection is established between Blogger and Facebook Pages.

Step 20> Now whenever you will post the blog, then it will automatically posted on Facebook Page. IFTTT takes sometime to post but if you want to check instantly, you can check it by posting a blog on blogger and checking it by clicking on Check. It will post on Facebook page within seconds. 

Here, you can also deactivate the channel by clicking on Turn Off button.

To Delete an IFTTT account refer the Next Link.


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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Save Battery Life of Smartphones


Auto Update Apps-

If we have enabled auto update then it will drain battery life. Auto update can be disable from Setting menu. If you do not have unlimited internet pack then it should be turned off so that it will not always trim pulses for internet.  
  1. To turned off auto updates for apps, go to the Google Play Store. 
  2. Go to the setting menu and unchecked Auto-Updated App.

Close Unused Apps-

Background apps does not close by just pressing the home button. It can be closed from task manager. 
  1. Go to the Setting.
  2. Select application manager.
  3. Select Running tab.
  4. Select the app which you want to close then click on Force stop to close the app.

Screen Brightness-

Most of the battery is consumed by the brightness of the smart phones. Screen brightness should be set at minimum according to requirement to increase battery life. As per the requirement we can also increase brightness. 

Remove Unnecessary Apps-

Many times we install free apps or from Google play that are not in used after some time and runs in the background. We forget to uninstall it that drain battery life very fast. So these unnecessary apps should be removed from the phone. 

Location Services-

If these services are On then phone's battery will get easily discharged because it continuously search the locations. Location services can be disable through the Settings. Similarly close all the animation of the apps and also use dark wallpapers as live wallpaper looks good but consume more battery power.

Antiviruses and Widgets-

Only one Antivirus should be installed because more than one Antivirus can slow down the performance of phone as well as battery. Widgets on the phone screen gets automatically updated and consumes more space and power so try to keep clear the Home Screen of your phone.

There are some applications which can be useful to improve performance of the battery of your mobile phones. 


JuiceDefender-

This is a powerful application to give extra hours to our phone's battery by managing battery draining components of our phone. This application runs on Android phones and its a free app. It provides preset modes through which we can choose one option and can manage the features of our phone. It can also manage auto-toggle WiFi, mobile data, manage power consumption etc. It can enable WiFi only at home/work, control brightness, Bluetooth and home screen battery widgets. It provides intuitive and easy interface to the users. This app can be installed from here- 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&hl=en

Battery Saver-

It is very easy battery saving application as it automatically manage network connectivity of our phone and also sets screen brightness and screen control. It has 5 different saving modes like General saving mode which control basic network, screen control etc, Intelligent saving mode saves more battery than General saving mode,  Super power saving mode adjust the standby time, Advanced customize mode adjust the settings to improve battery performance and normal mode will nothing change to improve battery life. This App can be installed from here- 


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Friday, August 8, 2014

See Web Pages Offline


Many times when we do not have internet connection and we need to visit the web pages which we have already visited during internet connectivity. It can be any website, E-mail messages, ticket booking information, education etc. When we try to open the web page from History, it gives internet connectivity error. There is not any predefined settings in Google Chrome so that we can see web pages offline. 

Step 1> To see web pages offline, go to your Google Chrome browser and type  chrome://flags/#enable-offline-mode in the address bar and press Enter. 
Step 2> Click on Enable to activate Enable Offline Cache Mode.
Step 3> After enabling offline cache mode, Relaunch Now button will appear on the bottom left of the screen. We need to Relaunch it to activate the changes. 
Now we can see those pages offline which we have visited during internet connection by typing the URL in the address bar. We can utilize time by visiting these pages while traveling also when we don not have internet connectivity. 

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